2024-08-02 12:50:30
The Argentine volleyball team eliminated from Olympic GamesThe 3-0 defeat against Germany marks the beginning of the farewell for Facundo Conte and Luciano De Cecco, for whom the final match in Paris 2024 could have been their last appearance with the team with which they won the bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.
The Germans won with partial scores of 25-13, 25-21 and 25-21. The match started with Germany taking a four-point lead with two straight serve pointswhile Argentina was unable to get into the game during the first set.
In this way, the German team took an eight-point lead, closing the first quarter at 25-13, while The second set started in a similar fashion and after three aces in a row, Germany was five points ahead..
Meanwhile, the team led by Marcelo Méndez could not discount, the rival ended up winning the second quarter by 25-21 and In the third set, the difference was again in the German team’s serve. which complicated matters for Argentina again.
As the minutes ticked by, Argentina tied the score at 13 and the match remained even, but Germany took the lead to reach the final stretch by 20-17 and close the match by 25-21.
This defeat marked the elimination of the Selection with the closing of a stage since there would be a renewal in the team and it remains to be confirmed whether the suspicions of the retirement of Facundo Conte (34 years old) and Luciano De Cecco (36) from the national team will become reality.
The teams of Argentina and Germany
Argentina: Luciano De Cecco (3), Bruno Lima (5), Facundo Conte (9), Jan Martinez (1) Nicolas Zerba (4), Agustin Loser (5), Libero: Santiago Danani.
The following players entered: Luciano Vicentin (7), Matias Sanchez (-), Pablo Kukartsev (2), Luciano Vicentin (7).
DT: Marcelo Mendez
Alemania: Lukas Kampa (5), György Grozer (16), Anton Brehme (7), Tobías Krick (5), Moritz Reichert (8), Moritz Karlitzek (13) Líbero: Julian Zenger.
Entered: Tille (-), Maase (-).
DT: Michal Winiarski.